THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 12 SEPTEMBER 1968

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005976353
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 11
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: September 12, 1968

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The President's Daily Brief
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THE PRESIDENT'S
DAILY BRIEF
12 SEPTEMBER 1968
1., Israel-Egypt
2. Czechoslovakia -
Soviet Union
3. North Korea -
South Korea
4. Soviet Union
The Israelis are stung by their
losses in recent encounters with the
Egyptians, and a retaliatory, strike is
in the cards.
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5. Cambodia
Sihanouk's advisers
? reportedly told him recently that his
position was slipping, that he might
not be allowed back in Cambodia if he
.took his annual vacation in France,
and that the ? National'Assembly.might
call his bluff this time if he submits
one of his pro forma resignations.
All this is symptomatic of the
'Phnom Penh establishment's growing
dissatisfaction with the Prince's
heavy-handed rule. Severe economic
problems, mismanaged domestic programs,
and the insurgency in the countryside
will ?add fuel to the grumbling.
Sihanouk's power remains formidable,
however.
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FOR THE PRESIDENT'S EYES ONLY
1.) Special Daily Report on North Vietnam
2.) North Vietnamese Reflections of U S
Political Attitudes
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12 September 1968
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Special Daily Report on North Vietnam
for the President's Eyes Only
12 September 1968
I. NOTES ON THE SITUATION
Attitudes of Hanoi Delegates in Paris: George
Kahin, director of Cornell's Southeast Asian program,
interviewed North Vietnamese peace talk delegates
during a recent visit to Paris in company with several
other American professors. The delegates included
Xuan Thuy and press spokesman Nguyen Thanh Le. On
9 September, Kahin gave the following impressions de-
rived from the meetings to Governor Harriman:
--The North Vietnamese delegates are keenly in-
terested in US politics and appear to have concluded
that convention results foreshadow no dramatic changes
in US policies.
--The delegates avoided a direct reply when asked
if the "lull" had been politically significant. They
did, however, call the American professors' attention
to what they, described as the "objective situation"
during that period, namely, the country-wide decline
in fighting and lower US casualties.
--When discussing South Vietnamese internal poli-
tics, the delegates made frequent reference to the Al-
liance. This gave the impression that Hanoi visualizes
the Alliance as playing a complementary, if not co-
equal, role with the Liberation Front in an eventual
political solution in the South.
--The North Vietnamese said they found the Manila
formulation on mutual troop withdrawals unacceptable
because they understood "the other side" to apply to
the Viet Cong as well as North Vietnamese forces.
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?Liberation Front Office in Paris: The French now
expect 20 September to be the arrival date for the head
of the Liberation Front's information office in Paris.
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II. NORTH VIETNAMESE REFLECTIONS OF US POLITICAL ATTI-
TUDES ON THE WAR
There is nothing of significance to report today.
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